We're all flawed, and we all make mistakes, and we all have weaknesses. And those are the kind of people I want to see onscreen, the ones that feel like real flesh-and-blood human beings and not the weird, whitewashed, Hollywood… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
Flaws make us all human, and you're rooting for characters because of those flaws. It's ageless if you're interested in relationships and the way people can or can't relate to each other. — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
The first time I ever intersected with the quote unquote industry or Hollywood or being given a paid job as a director all came… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I have this… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
It's just not enough time on set. That's my favorite time. I live for that time on set. I feel like that's when I'm… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
If I don't have to think about the commercial aspect of it, then I feel like I'm going to make better films. — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I always wanted the actors to feel really free to leave the words behind if they weren't working, reword lines, if they felt like… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I try to build relationships with the actors, at least to some degree beforehand, whether it's phone calls because I'm from Seattle or all… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences - this whole theory about how there… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I just really feel so grateful to Sundance because I've always been an artist and I've never been able to make a living at… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
